Rahul Mishra had a childhood memory, when he used to collect his fallen clothes. The designer was born in a small village in India, and there he could see a huge banyan tree from his home.
During the summer, women would tie cotton threads around the tree, symbolizing that they were trying to protect it. In return, the idea was that the tree would protect their families, Mishra explained.
“So in a real sense, trees protect us all,” he said. Thus, the name of his collection: “Tree of Life.” Mishra also envisaged the golden light and energy of the Sun.
All those images were transmitted in vivid form, torn with intricate 2D and 3D embroidery, and varied silhouettes.
The display’s openers were adorned with golden leaf embroidery. A minidress was spangled with a flared skirt, as were the shoulders of a thigh-length, gold-colored, striped jacket-dress.
Mishra did not stop here. They intertwined the gold theme with vivid, colorful floral embroidery. They appeared on the likes of a V-neck dress with golden embellishments at the waist and embroidery down the waist with small flowers, houses and rabbits.
The eye-catching, supersized flower-motif embroideries of six look like the bold, yellow-orange and reddish-pink varieties that went over a plunging top.
Mishra painstakingly experimented with sewing to obtain a wide range of quantities. “There’s a lot of variety out there — from skinny bodysuits to extremely exaggerated shoulders,” he said. “It’s been a fun collection to design.”
Originally published at Pen 18
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